Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
s with reflector dishes still do a solid job for us here in NM.On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 3:44?PM Ken Hohhof wrote:Do you have 450 and 450b reversed??From: AF On Behalf Of Sam LambieSent: Monday, November 25, 2024 4:39 PMTo: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP eq

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-26 Thread castarritt
PS thanks to faster CPU, > and does 4.9 GHz thru 5.9 GHz in one SKU. > > Original Message > From: "castarritt" > Sent: 11/26/2024 11:34:04 AM > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment > > Yeah, th

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
versed??From: AF On Behalf Of Sam LambieSent: Monday, November 25, 2024 4:39 PMTo: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment?Because a new 450 SM is $280. A perfectly good used radio is free for redeployment. We have a recovery list that the installers

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-26 Thread Ken Hohhof
0 and 450 retro SM's with reflector dishes still do a solid job for us here in NM.On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 3:44?PM Ken Hohhof wrote:Do you have 450 and 450b reversed??From: AF On Behalf Of Sam LambieSent: Monday, November 25, 2024 4:39 PMTo: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AF

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-26 Thread castarritt
m Lambie >> *Sent:* Monday, November 25, 2024 4:39 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment >> >> >> >> Because a new 450 SM is $280. A perfectly good used radio is free for >> redeployment. We have a

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-26 Thread Sam Lambie
*Sam Lambie > *Sent:* Monday, November 25, 2024 4:39 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment > > > > Because a new 450 SM is $280. A perfectly good used radio is free for > redeployment. We have a recovery list that the inst

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-25 Thread Ken Hohhof
Do you have 450 and 450b reversed? From: AF On Behalf Of Sam Lambie Sent: Monday, November 25, 2024 4:39 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment Because a new 450 SM is $280. A perfectly good used radio is free for redeployment. We have a

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-25 Thread Sam Lambie
Because a new 450 SM is $280. A perfectly good used radio is free for redeployment. We have a recovery list that the installers reference when they are in the area and swing by and pick up the radio and dish. We leave the mast and cable as it's now considered part of the house. It makes good busine

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-20 Thread Robert Andrews
Way back in 2002 I put screws through the bottom of a set of tennis shoes to get on a roof that we had a repeater on... Dumb ways to die #1002 On 11/20/24 11:14, Steve Jones wrote: a burning house melts roof snow But its good you value your employee safety and make that call for them I reme

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-20 Thread Steve Jones
*To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment > > > > There is the old marketing rubric of “constant contact”. The former > customer sees your company, sees they are still getting something of > benefit. That has intangible benefit

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-20 Thread Ken Hohhof
equipment. In that case, agreeing to leave it there at no charge would sound like giving the customer a good deal. From: AF On Behalf Of Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 12:24 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment Nope

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-20 Thread Josh Luthman
; > *From:* Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Wednesday, November 20, 2024 11:23 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment > > Nope. It's just business. Why spend a greater amount to pick up the > equipment? > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2024

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-20 Thread Ken Hohhof
: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 12:30 PM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment There is the old marketing rubric of “constant contact”. The former customer sees your company, sees they are still getting something of benefit. That has intangible

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-20 Thread chuck
up the gear. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2024 11:23 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment Nope. It's just business. Why spend a greater amount to pick up the equipment? On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 2:44 PM David Hannum

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-20 Thread Josh Luthman
Nope. It's just business. Why spend a greater amount to pick up the equipment? On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 2:44 PM David Hannum wrote: > Josh - I bet your nickname in school was Eeyore . . . > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM Josh Luthman > wrote: > >> $25 for a radio for $10 in gas to pick it u

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-20 Thread Steve Jones
2024 7:11 PM > *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' > *Cc:* Peter Kranz > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment > > > > I think abandoned equipment is a liability, we remove anything not active > (or at least try to).. it’s low priority work that fills any

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
Liability in what sense? From: AF On Behalf Of Peter Kranz via AF Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 7:11 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Cc: Peter Kranz Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment I think abandoned equipment is a liability, we remove anything not

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread Peter Kranz via AF
I think abandoned equipment is a liability, we remove anything not active (or at least try to).. it's low priority work that fills any time in the schedule. -Peter From: AF On Behalf Of Ken Hohhof Sent: Monday, November 18, 2024 9:15 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: [AFM

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
icrowave Users Group" Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment If you have spare time, go make the former customer happy.? You might get them back if you give them a bit of personal customer service attention.? ? From: Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 11:53 AM To: A

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread chuck
If you have spare time, go make the former customer happy. You might get them back if you give them a bit of personal customer service attention. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 11:53 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread David Hannum
ber 19, 2024 11:53 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment > > $25 for a radio for $10 in gas to pick it up, $10 dealing with the > customer, $10 in caulk/silicon, $10 hearing them complain about nothing, > $10 in labor costs,

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread David Hannum
Josh - I bet your nickname in school was Eeyore . . . On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 2:00 PM Josh Luthman wrote: > $25 for a radio for $10 in gas to pick it up, $10 dealing with the > customer, $10 in caulk/silicon, $10 hearing them complain about nothing, > $10 in labor costs, $1000 in lost revenue be

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread Ken Hohhof
In my area a few of them would have been bit by dogs, or shot at. Original Message From: chuck@go-mtc.comSent: 11/19/2024 1:14:19 PMTo: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment One year I had all my installers take a full day on

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread chuck
One year I had all my installers take a full day on Feb 14 to deliver a rose to every former customer. We got a few back that day. From: Josh Luthman Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 11:53 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment $25 for a

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread Josh Luthman
$25 for a radio for $10 in gas to pick it up, $10 dealing with the customer, $10 in caulk/silicon, $10 hearing them complain about nothing, $10 in labor costs, $1000 in lost revenue because you wasted time picking up a $25 radio instead of hooking up a new customer On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 10:01 AM

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread David Hannum
Like Adam, we keep tabs of where the gear is and when we are in the area, we swing by and pick it up. But not sure why you'd not want to rescue good radios. Folks like Wireless Units and Surplus Wireless will purchase it off you, so don't just arbitrarily abandon it. $25 (or whatever they give y

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-19 Thread Adam Moffett
About the same. We kept a running list of "pickups" and it would be filler work for the field people. They'd remove the antenna and maybe the cable, but never worried about the POE. We usually got to them pretty quick because we left empty spaces in the schedule for service calls, and if there wer

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-18 Thread Chris Fabien
What's your service agreement say? We abandon CPE pretty commonly and rarely have anyone complain. On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 12:16 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > We are starting to run into cases where customers cancel (most commonly to > get T-Mobile Home Internet) and while the CPE is still perfectly fu

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-18 Thread Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi]
We say: "we will grab it the next time we are in the area". No special trip. Jim Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S22+ 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone Original message From: Ken Hohhof Date: 11/18/24 11:16 AM (GMT-06:00) To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' Subject: [AFMUG] remov

Re: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment

2024-11-18 Thread Nate Burke
Didn't it use to be that Dish/Direct required you to remove and send them back the LNB at your cost? On 11/18/2024 11:15 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: We are starting to run into cases where customers cancel (most commonly to get T-Mobile Home Internet) and while the CPE is still perfectly functiona